Mechanical behaviour of pine wood chemically modified with a homologous series of linear chain carboxylic acid anhydrides

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 6147-6150

  Papadopoulos, Antonios N ^a   Pougioula, Georgia ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Anhydrides; Chemical modification; Mechanical properties; Wood

Indexed keywords

ANHYDRIDES; CARBOXYLIC ACID ANHYDRIDES; CELL WALLS; CHEMICALLY MODIFIED; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; DEGREE OF SUBSTITUTION; HOMOLOGOUS SERIES; HYDROXYL GROUPS; LINEAR CHAIN; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MOLECULAR SIZE; PINE WOODS; POSITIVE EFFECTS; PROPIONIC; WEIGHT PERCENT;

BIOMECHANICS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC ACIDS; WOOD;

ACETYLATION;

ACETIC ACID; ACID ANHYDRIDE; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HEXANOIC ACID; HYDROXYL GROUP; PROPIONIC ACID; VALERIC ACID;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTY; WOOD;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BULK DENSITY; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; MECHANICS; MOLECULAR SIZE; NONHUMAN; PINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOOD;

ANHYDRIDES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; HARDNESS; PINUS; WOOD;

ACETYLATION; ANHYDRIDES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; COMPRESSION STRENGTH; DEGREE OF SUBSTITUTION; HOMOLOGOUS SERIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC ACIDS; WOOD;

EID: 77951254302     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.02.079     Document Type: Article

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